Do Your Busher Retrieve?

[neems 2,406]

my lurcher wont retrieve when theres another dog about after a couple of thefts by the busher,ive only had terriers as bushers and they wouldnt retrieve either,i get out with a lad who has a lab and that retrieves well,but as far as i know its only ever been out with well behaved dogs.

 

not the end of the world they just hold it on the floor.

 

 

[tb25 4,627]

My terriers pins it but will at least bring it out of cover close anoth for me to grab it.lurcher does the lap of honour with the terrier in hot persuite.. Pissers me off lol but am working on it

[neems 2,406]

for me as long as they retrieve when alone thats enough,i think it'd be a constant ball ache worrying about the terrier stealing the lurchers kill or vice versa,i think its always gonna happen sooner or later.

[tb25 4,627]

Think my down fall was was never really having them apart .mooching out as a team so all the bad points of the terrier had rubbed of on the other.a long summer to fix it I hope as its a real pain.

[neems 2,406]

how do you plan on going about it?

[Tozer 385]

My terriers pins it but will at least bring it out of cover close anoth for me to grab it.lurcher does the lap of honour with the terrier in hot persuite.. Pissers me off lol but am working on it

 

you are in a similar boat to me, on my their own I can get a retrieve, well the terrier has to make VERY sure it is dead first then will bring it into my vicinity.

[tb25 4,627]

Neems a lot of one to one mate..start at the beginning. Leave the terrier at home.come next season I plan on a few good nights out so want at least a half right retrieve.she's only one and mite settle..all a game to get when the terriers about and as said the terrier chasing her don't help.

[morton 5,369]

Id never own a busher with retrieval in mind,why?,they are there to bush for the catchers and retrievers,they may hang on and rag the odd flush,yet thats never their purpose.

[tb25 4,627]

Sometimes the busher is the catch dog mate mine works in and out of cover..plan was terrier pushers bunny out and lurcher picks up.my lurcher does both.add catch more if she was kepted on the slip.but i like to see her use her nose.flush. push bunny out and the catch.less number but for me more fun..

[tb25 4,627]

I won't the best of both worlds if there's such a thing Morton.a good moochin dog.good nose.finds her own game and catchers it..and I want her to work at night..were i need them bunny's handed to me..as said I won't it all lol.

[morton 5,369]

I won't the best of both worlds if there's such a thing Morton.a good moochin dog.good nose.finds her own game and catchers it..and I want her to work at night..were i need them bunny's handed to me..as said I won't it all lol.

Id never own a busher with catch and retrieve in mind,id never breed one for such,they are a tool to aid and assist the catchers,killers and retrievers.At times the bushers catch,whats left is not worth retrieving.Saying that a bushing terrier i have at hand as caught 2 fox,s this time,after pushing them from thick cover,that i find beneficial,if it was anything less id be a tad miffed.I also had a busher that hung on regardless over a field,2 fences and a wall whilst a Roe buck attempted its escape,it made a warming casserole,the Deer was not bad either .

[Neal 1,930]

The old kelpie in my avatar always retrieved everything; no matter who caught it. There were even a few times when he found long dead rabbits and dropped them at my feet.

[morton 5,369]

The old kelpie in my avatar always retrieved everything; no matter who caught it. There were even a few times when he found long dead rabbits and dropped them at my feet.

If a dog ever retrieved everything it bushed it would be 3 times bigger than a Kelpie,unless Gulliver owned and utilised it.

[tb25 4,627]

I no what ya saying mate .my lurcher was got in to pick up what the terrier pushed out but took to doing the bushing and catching. But as you say.I don't mind if my terrier retrieves as such but i do want in bringinh its catch out of cover to me if you no what I mean?..

[Neal 1,930]

...everything we caught...legally.

 

And he may be only 20" but he's definitely three times every other dog I've had.

Edited April 12, 2015 by Neal